Printer s galley



UNITED STATES PATENT Oriana.

LOUIS BAEOKEB, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

PRINTERS GALLEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,109, dated November 29, 1887. Application filed November 9, 1886. Serial No. 218,401. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern: s

Beit known that I, LoUIs BAECKER, of Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement 1n Printers Galleys; and I- declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it'pertains to make and use struction. A and A areitsupwardly-extended sides, and A A its upwardly-extended ends, said sides and ends forming a flange about the base A The construction of the end piece, A ,will be more fully explained in a following paragraph.

B represents a movable bar extending longitudinally across the galley for the purpose of locking the typein place when so desired. This bar is provided with a series of ears, 1), preferably six in number, although I do not wish to be limited to any specified number.

0 illustrates a series of cams, preferably elliptical in form and three in number, although any proper form and number of said cams may be employed. These cams are so centrically engaged with said ears b, respectively, and are also united together by an operating-rod, D, so as to be simultaneously operated by alever, D.

The side of the galley is provided witha rack-bar or similar device for holding the lever in any given position, as shown at a. These cams have a bearing against the adjacent side of the galley, as shown.

The bar B may have any suitable guides to control its lateral movement. It may either move in guides in the end pieces, A A, (indicated in dotted lines at a at) or the side A the type.

may be provided with studs a upon which the bar is sleeved; or the base of the galley may be slotted, as shown at a to receive a guide pin or head, 12, upon the said bar, as indicated in Fig. 2.

The operation of the device will now be seen. If it is desired to lock the type in the galley, the lever D is thrown in the proper direction,

and the bar Bis thereby crowded upon the type by means of the eccentrically-connected cams O; and as these cams are preferably located toward the ends and intermediate of the ends of said bar the bar will be forced evenly along its entire length against the type, this position being indicated in dotted lines. Vice versa, when it is desired to unlock the type, the lever is thrown in the opposite direction and the bar B assumes the position shown in full lines. Thus the work is done .quickly and readily and in a thoroughly efficient manner, dispensing with the unsatisfactory process of wedging the bar upon the type, commonly in Vogue.

The bar A is hinged at one end, as shown at 0?, the hinge being preferably provided with a spring, a, arranged to close the said bar automatically when it is free to move. To hold the said bar A open, the rod D is provided with any suitable catch, E, constructed to engage the said bar in any proper manner, and to release its hold upon the said bar when the rod is moved to close the looking-bar upon The catch E holds the bar A open until the bar B is to be adjusted upon the type.

To maintain the engagement between the catch E and bar A the former may be made hooked at its end to catch over a slight projection or lug, e, on the bar, as shown in Fig. 1. To withdraw the said bar from the type I prefer to employ springs F F, arranged to throw open the said bar when the lever is released from the rack-bar.

What I claim is I 1. The combination, with a printers galley, of a movable bar, B, guides to control the movement of said bar, and aseries of cams connected by an operating-rod, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a printers galley, of a movable bar, B, a series of ellipticallyshaped cams eccentrically connected with said bar, and an operating-rod uniting said cams, said cams having abearing against the adjacent side of the galley, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a movable locking-bar, of a series of cams connected by an operating-rod, and springs to automatically open said bar, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a printers galley, of a hinged end bar, A, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a printcrs galley, of a hinged end bar, A, a spring to close said bar, and a fastening device for holding said end bar open, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with a printers galley, I 5 of a hinged end bar, A, a movable lockingbar, B, a series of cams connected by an operating-rod for closing said locking-bar, said rod provided with a spring-catch to engage said bar A and automatically release the same upon moving said rod to close the bar B, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

, LOUIS BAEGKER.

Vitnesses:

N. S. WRIGHT, M. B. ODOGHERTY. 

